Improvement in fire-place fronts



E. D. MERRICK.-

FIRE-PLACE mom;

No.17s,3zz.

Patented Fame, 1876.

WITNESSES v aha/W N ATTORNEYS;

UN .ETED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD D. MERRIOK, NEW BRIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT m FIRE-PLACE FRONTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173,322, dated February 8, 1876; application filed January 15, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD D. MERRIGK, of New Brighton, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuable Improvementin Grate-Front; and

1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of afront view of my grate-front and Fig.2isa transversevertical sectional view of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views thereof.

My invention relates to grate-fronts for fire place heaters and it consists in the construction and general arrangement of a device for closing the upper part of the space between the grate and top of gratefront, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In thetannexed drawing, A represents the ordinary grate-front with basket-grate B inserted in the fire-place O. D is the inclined back wall of the fireplace, and E E thejalnbs. G is a semicircular plate, arranged to tit on the inside of the grate-front A in the upper portion, and a suitable distance above the top of the grate. The circle of this plate is of a radius a little larger than that of the circle of the grate-front, and at its lower corners it has projections a a, to rest in recesses in thejambs E, and there secured by bricks b, wedged or otherwise fastened in said recesses. Around the upper circular edge of the plate G is formed a flange, d, which is inclined inward and upward, as shown, whereby, the smoke and heat are turned away from the grate-front, and said flange thus protects the front from being in-.

jured by the heat.

It is well known to the trade that in japanned grate-front the japan nin g soon becomes cracked and peels OH. The flange on my plate prevents this and, to further protect the gratefront, the space between said flange and the front maybe filled with plaster-paris or other suitable non-conducting material.

The plate G, it will be seen, is a permanent fixture in the tire-place, though,if required for repairs or other causes, it can be easily removed by' simply taking out the bricks bin the jambs. This plate hides the usual black back wall of the tire-place. When plated it presents a neat and handsome appearance; and it may he made of any suitable material. Generally it will be open work, and have a central opening in its lower edge, to facilitate the admission of coal to the tire. It may be made as a register, with a second plate, G, to open and close the openings in the plate.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 

